Mahotsavabhedadiprapastambhakalpantavidhi, Mahotsavabhedādiprapāstambhakalpāntavidhi, Mahotsavabhedadiprapastambhakalpanta-vidhi: 1 definition
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Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)
Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama TextsMahotsavabhedādiprapāstambhakalpāntavidhi (महोत्सवभेदादिप्रपास्तम्भकल्पान्तविधि) (lit. “chapter on the varieties of grand festivals and on the construction of a special pavilion”) is the name of chapter 31 of the Śrīpraśnasaṃhitā: a Pāñcarātra text comprising 5500 Sanskrit verses covering a number of subjects ranging from selecting a temple site through building and furnishing it to sanctifying and maintaining worship in the sacred complex.
Description of the chapter [mahotsavabhedādiprapāstambhakalpāntavidhi]: Śrī asks to be told about mahotsava, having just been informed about nityotsava (1-5). Bhagavān classifies mahotsava into nitya, naimittika and kāmya. Those which are nitya have to do with the celebration of star-days of when the images in the temple were cast, or consecrated, when the temple was finished, etc. Those which are naimittika are those which have to do with the contravention of natural disasters, with the renovation of a temple, with the pacification of certain celestial portents, etc. Those which are kāmya have to do with those who become Yajamāna for a sacrifice on their own birthdays or on other auspicious occasions (6-20). When a mahotsava is declared, no one else should attempt a sacramental undertaking lest they interfere with the mahotsava (21-23). The duties of an Ācārya for the preparation of a mahotsava are listed—the preliminaries (24-28), the invocation of the Lord’s permission to proceed (29- 32), the repair of the various vehicles and carriages to be used in processions and the erection of the first pole for the intended special maṇḍapa (33-38a).
Pancaratra (पाञ्चरात्र, pāñcarātra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.
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